Surpisingly Good Finisher--Going to start right at the top and give it to the race-winner Kasey Kahne. What a summer it's been for Kahne so far, having won 2 of the last 3 races, in addition to taking the All-Star Challenge. Honorable mentions: Brian Vickers (2nd), Mark Martin (10th), Bobby Labonte (11th), and AJ Allmendinger (12th).
Most Impressive Run--Again, Kahne. He had his Dodge up front the entire race. In the process, he's now in the top 10 in the point standings. Honorable mentions: Brian Vickers, Mark Martin & AJ Allmendinger.
Perserverance--A few drivers stood out. The one that stood out the most to me was David Gilliland. For a great portion of the race, he was running outside the top 25, as he was caught up in an early-race caution. At the halfway point, he was 34th. Gilliland ended up finishing in the 16th spot. Honorable mentions: Jeff Burton, Bobby Labonte, & Kevin Harvick.
Deserved a Better Finish--This one is pretty simple. Tony Stewart. He was running top 10-top 15 for well over half the race, but a speeding penalty on pit road took him off the lead lap and it was hard for him to catch up from there. He was headed towards at least a top 10 finish, if not for the infraction. Ended up finishing 35th. Not a very good start to the Summer part of racing for Stewart, finishing 41st at Dover.
Surprisingly Bad Finish--Gotta look at the top for this one. What I mean, is, is the point leader coming into the race. Kyle Busch got into Jamie McMurray on lap 48, and spent the next 80 laps in the garage for repairs and wasn't able to pick up any positions before bringing out the race's last caution flag with 20 laps to go and finished 43rd. That's 2 straight races a Gibbs driver has finished in that position (Denny Hamlin at Dover). Honorable mentions: Clint Bowyer (39th) & Tony Stewart (35th).
Should've Stayed in Bed--Again, Kyle Busch. What looked to be a promising weekend of triple-crown racing by going to Texas for the Trucks, Nashville for the Nationwide series and then to Pocono turned into a nightmare. After wrecking the primary car in practice on Saturday, he had to start from the back and wasn't able to get much past the top 30 until the previously mentioned caution put him back in 43rd again. And that's where he stayed. Honorable mention: Clint Bowyer.
MMR- You know I have to put in a plug for Kurt in the Perserverance category. After he spun I thought for sure they were in for another horrible day but they came back to 8th, impressive.
What a summer its been for kasey? Its actually not even summer yet. also, he didnt have his dodge up front the ENTIRE race. remember he got way behind there with the bad pit stop?
Kyle returned the favor to hamlin and tried to help him get to the front by intentionaly bringing out the last caution. Kyle drove over a bump and oops spun out. Nice car control. what a bunch of cheaters.
I give this blog a 6 for effort, but was off on reality.
Bad day goes to the open wheelers. They ####ed into eachother a few times...
Also Kyle complained early on about the new camera in his car. He said he couldn't FXZKTN see out the left side. His spoter didn't tell him Jamie was outside and that wreck happened. It was his fault, but you gota wonder if the camera helped or hindered him?
noah- kyle complained he couldnt see out the left side? Jmac was on the right. You can make as many excuses as you like, it only makes you sound more like kyle himself. Just man up to it, just once.
